From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Paloma Beltran with Thea Riofrancos, the author of “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism.”
Electric vehicle sales are skyrocketing. In 2025, more than one in five new cars sold globally were electric.
But while electrifying transportation is essential to addressing the climate crisi...
The narrative around the green energy transition often frames electric vehicles as an unqualified good—a necessary step to combat climate change. This is the steelman: EVs do reduce tailpipe emissions, and decarbonizing transportation is urgent. However, the story of lithium extraction in Chile reveals a classic tension between global climate goals and local environmental justice. The pattern here aligns with **ARC-0012 Extraction Externalities**, where the costs of "green" solutions are outsour...